Anesthesiology - Physician

Physician - Anesthesiologist Opportunity - VA Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA

Eligible for $200,000 in student loan repayment

Description : The VA in Pittsburgh seeks a full-time, highly talented Anesthesiologist to provide care for a wide variety of cases including general, neurosurgical, orthopedic, plastic, thoracic, and vascular surgery, as well as out-of-OR anesthesia for GI an EP procedures. Among the most innovative and forward-looking in the nation, the VA in Pittsburgh provides exceptional healthcare to our nation's Veterans, trains America's future healthcare providers, and conducts research that contributes to medical advancements.

Practice Highlights :

• Initial evaluation and overall workups, and focused history & physicals of medical / surgical patients as needed, including evaluation of patients as part of our multidisciplinary pre-op clinic.
• Peri-operative anesthetic care to patients, including pre-operative assessment, intra-operative anesthetic administration and monitoring, and post-anesthesia care in an anesthesia team model with CRNA and / or anesthesia residents. Rotating evening and weekend call coverage for urgent cases is considered a key responsibility.
• Expertise with a wide variety of anesthesia techniques and procedures (experience with breath of anesthesia techniques), including regional and spinal anesthesia.
• Provision of clinical anesthetic care to cardiothoracic and liver transplant surgical patients; board certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography is highly preferred.
• Teaching of anesthesia residents, medical students, and student nurse anesthetists (clinical affiliation with University of Pittsburgh).
• Participate in quality / performance improvement initiatives, committees, and any other relevant activities as appropriate, including VASQIP.
• Opportunity for participation in clinical research for interested candidates.
• Ability to work effectively with patients and coworkers and dedication to treating other health care professionals and patients' families with respect and dignity.

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